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Lexington is a city in Henderson County, Tennessee, and its county seat, located midway between Memphis and Nashville about 10 miles south of Interstate 40; its ZIP code is 38351.

Shortly after Henderson County was created in 1821, a site near the county's center was chosen as the county seat and named in honor of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Land grant holder Samuel Wilson gave the land for the town, retaining a lot on the public square for himself; the square was laid out so that its corners point to the cardinal points of the compass.

The first Henderson County courthouse was built at Lexington in 1823, the city was incorporated in 1824, and by 1830 Lexington had a population of 260.

On December 18, 1862, during the Civil War, Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops overtook a Union force at Lexington, capturing Colonel Robert Ingersoll and more than 140 of his men along with their artillery and supplies.

The 2020 census counted 7,956 people in Lexington, living in 3,286 households that included 1,915 families.

U.S. Route 412, known as Church Street, is Lexington's main road, leading east toward Columbia and west to Jackson, while Tennessee State Route 22, Broad Street, crosses it downtown and runs north to Interstate 40 at Parkers Crossroads.

The Beech River, an east-flowing tributary of the Tennessee River, runs through the southwestern part of Lexington, and the city is home to the popular Beech Lake and the Beech River Heritage Museum.

Natchez Trace State Park lies about 7 miles northeast of Lexington.

Lexington claims to be the barbecue capital of the country, supposedly having more barbecue restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States.